Bulgaria’s Muslims re-elect Chief Mufti amid long-standing controversy
More than 1200 delegates to the National Muslim Conference from across Bulgaria re-elected Mustafa Hadzhi as Chief Mufti on January 24
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Month: January 2016
Refugees in Slovenia face long waits, short-tempered police
A battered train painted with graffiti stops about a kilometer before the Austrian border. There is no train station, no
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Lagarde: ‘Make or break’ point for Schengen
The chief of the International Monetary Fund says she believes Europe’s refugee crisis is placing the continent’s cherished Schengen zone
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Czech Pirate Party being prosecuted over web links
The police are pursuing charges against the Czech Pirate Party because of its operation of a website that has weblinks
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Bulgaria’s GERB party considering five possible candidates for country’s presidential elections
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party is discussing five names ahead of choosing its candidate in the country’s
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Sofia, half of Bulgaria face ‘code orange’ dangerous winter weather warning on January 24
Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia and several other regions of the country were subject to a “Code Orange” dangerous weather warning
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Bulgaria braces for weekend cold spell as ‘code orange’ weather alert issued
A code “orange” hazardous weather warning has been issued for 15 districts in western and northern Bulgaria on January 23
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Deaths of migrants and refugees in the Med: January 2016 deadliest on record – IOM
With more than a week left in the first month of 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on
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Dimitrov exits Australian Open after loss to Federer
Grigor Dimitrov lost in the third round of the Australian Open to Roger Federer on January 22, his sixth consecutive
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